Spring has edged its way into Southern Africa, tinting the mornings gold and reminding us that travel, at its core, is a season of the spirit. I’ve just returned from Mana River Camp, Mana Pools, where the Zambezi slides past like liquid bronze and the savanna hums in soft suspension. The days there felt like deep breaths—each sunrise a reset button. My article in this issue captures the camp’s gentle rhythm, the parade of wildlife along the banks, and the simple luxury of falling asleep to water-borne lullabies. May it tempt you to claim your own river-front reset.

Turn the page and you’ll meet an eclectic cast of places and people that speak fluent wanderlust:

• Tony’s Coffee Shop, Vumba — a bright hillside nook where Arabica aromas mingle with Tony’s disarming warmth and a view that begs you to stay for “just one more” cup.

• Jabulani Safaris — proof that a game drive can be as much about human connection as it is about lions and elephants.

• Gwaya Camp, Mana Pools — a family’s slow-travel adventure built on sustainability, starlight, and the luxury of silence.

• Walking Mana — FGASA guide Denis Costello trades 4×4 horsepower for footfalls, revealing the subtleties that only walking safaris can.

• Healing Journeys — Wendy Olivier dives into Trauma Zimbabwe’s regenerative-medicine programme, where science and safari converge to change lives.

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